Centennial High club holding fundraiser

August 14, 2005

Centennial High School's HELP (Hopes to Educate Local People) To Fight Cancer Club will hold a yard sale and food sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at a club member's home, 9318 Frederick Road, Ellicott City.

The group is raising money to continue its activities, which include an art show, "Paint the Way," which has benefited the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

HELP, which was founded by a former student in 2003, also has collected toys and other items for children at the hospital. Club members have volunteered with the Red Devils, a group that provides support services to cancer patients, and at Hopkins Hospital. Several club members have shadowed doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said Ankita Saxena, 16, this year's club president.

The club has 50 to 60 members, "and more coming in next year," she said.

Information: 410-662-2394.

Around Town

Conversation club:

The Miller branch library offers an English Conversation Club from 7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Mondays. The club is intended for adults and teen-agers who speak English as a second or third language and who want to practice in a group setting. Registration is requested. 410-313-1950.

Those ages 13 to 18 are invited to join the staff of the Howard County Library's new teen magazine. Staff members will write and collect articles, edit, proofread and design the quarterly print and online magazine. Planning will begin during the summer and continue through the school year. The next meeting is to be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Miller branch library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Registration is required. 410-313-1950.

Dogs' day:

The Ellicott City Business Association will hold "A Dogs Day in Ellicott City," with contests and pet adoptions, Saturday on Main Street in Historic Ellicott City. Contests will include the first "Pet-Owner Dress-Alike Contest," in which owner and pet wear matching clothes. 410-750- WOOF, or www.theyuppypuppy petboutique.com.